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Re: Vector Movement

From: David <dluff@e...>
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 17:57:24 -0400
Subject: Re: Vector Movement

The Russian (Soviet) BN has a battery of 120mm mortar attached while the
REGT and above have the artillery of 122mm and 152mm.  With DS2 I like
the light arty or mortars and when used line-of-sight can outshoot
almost all weapons.
> 
> A company task force rarely has more than its own mortar assets
permanently
> dedicated, battalion and brigade assets are usually pre-assigned to
support
> operations as per the operations order. We've always been more
flexible than
> the old soviet doctrine where artillery assets and air support were
> obtainable only by higher level commanders. To move toward that model
would
> be a terrible loss of flexibility in a tactical sense when we are
already
> overburdened by a lack of "numbers" of assets to put in the field in
the
> first place. In the tactical requirements of raid and counter raid
some sort
> of light artillery on the ground would be a good choice OR an
"ortillery"
> launch platform - either solution should be controllable by a FST
officer or
> vehicle assigned to the raiding unit to make sure that limited assets
are
> used to the maximum of their capability.
> 
> When I design a SG or Dirtside unit's TOE, I put light artillery
assets right
> with it, usually some variety of multi-barrel rocket launcher or
mortar
> vehicle.


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